Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[Stumpfarmer]

Speaking of The List, and the opposite effect from the little dolls pictured above: why did I not know Minorcas were so ridiculously big? Hoo-eeey!

No, thank-you!

In other news, I was going to call my cousin before I went to the sale, but that's notoriously ineffective, alas. Turns out he sold his human-aggressive EE rooster which replaced the Blue Ameraucana I got for him from CL (who has moved on to showbiz; he's at another cousin's house starting a career as a show chicken). I'm looking for a breeding-age Ameraucana rooster, any color, nice to people, so I can lock up Bluebelle in good conscience.

 

[kkublic]

A wonderful, descriptive name. Better use b4 someone grabs it!

I sent my request!

 

[FirewifeJess]

I have $200 cash and I'm looking for a premade coop for Lucy to raise chicks in. Stinker won't be deterred this time either and I have no time to break her. Anyone have any ideas? Would love something with a small run attached so she can take her chicks out any time she wants.

 

[LaughingFeather]

So I'm at my sewing machine adding a pocket to an old bra to keep little Shirley in. My husband walks over and asks what the heck I'm doing. After I explained to him he looked at me real seriously rolled his eyes and said Babe. You've gone clucking nuts! Lol. Thinking of changing my user name to CluckinNuts.

 

[Zgoatlady]

HI Everyone,
We still dont have our car back not a happy camper, pretty sure its around Bonney Lake area or was last weekend.

I hurt my back again, no big suprise here. I was to have this next week off on vacation but no they asked me to do a small route so I said yes.

I have 12 cute English Orpington chicks in my downstairs bathroom with I dont know how many more hatching this next weekend. Oh and also some Cream Legbar eggs due to hatch too

from our birds just cant wait to see what I get... I have a list going for them is anyone wants to get on it they can. Oh yes also my BCM will have some hatching then too, and yes got a list for them too... Have to say hubby isnt to happy with me right now cant do a lot of cleaning in the outside area that I keep them in when they get a little older and ya not to happy with me having them downstairs too. Oh well what can ya say...

Im going to try and get on later today and read whats going on, that will be after I finish quilting the baby quilt, its my first one and for my first grandbaby so Im trying to do a good job. I'll take a picture when Im done but you all have to be nice when you tell me all I did wrong...

Have a great day everyone.

 

[mikeyb]

another day lost. Lots of amibition, no energy. Rats.
My broody hen keeps changing nest boxes, won' stay in a broody box I made up for her. Next step is making a "breaking broody" cage, dang I don't like doing that, but I'm tired of broken eggs and less production from the flock.

Maybe I'll just isolate her totally, put a box in the isolation area of the coop with food and water and call it good?

suggestions are welcomed, please chime in, don't be bashful.

 

[ChaeBird]

Im going to try and get on later today and read whats going on, that will be after I finish quilting the baby quilt, its my first one and for my first grandbaby so Im trying to do a good job. I'll take a picture when Im done but you all have to be nice when you tell me all I did wrong...

I'm sure it will be lovely.

The first quilt I ever made was for my baby sister, when I was 16, and it was pieced together all wrong, and hand-quilted all wonky, but it was made with love and loved accordingly. That's all that counts.

 

[Chickielady]

WOW i cannot keep up with y'all. Anyway Anyone want a RIR or black Orpington cockeral? I have one of each for free to anyone that can come get them. I'm in north Tacoma, near point defiance elementary.
They are young still and run up to me when they see me. So should be very friendly. PM me if interested in one or both.

Also exciting news. My muscovies are nesting. Well right now they are building up eggs in their nest and very protective of it. So in about 2 months i might have ducklings for sale. Anyone interested let me know and I can let ya know at time of hatch (send me a PM)

this shows the two RIR cockerals (pullets not for sale, One RIR cockeral is spoken for already)











I cannot own roosters here. So if nobody wants them as soon as they begin to crow they'll be soup.

Scovie Duckles !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have a baker's doz n my incubator right now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

Wanted to show you this....remember I have a "sport" Crele Chantecler ????????????
Wellll, he was lonely, so 6 mo ago I gave him a Black Copper hen for company...and hatched this out:







HE IS SO PRETTY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HE IS PRETTY-ER than his Daddy !
Here is his Daddy:







Notice, Daddy's colora are not near as VIBRANT, as the Marans' son, and Dady has that awful white on his tail AND a light (but barred) breast..........
COOL....so now I have a full blown marans Crele project AND a Chantecler Crele project...and will have scores of eggs I gotta hatch to get just the perfect ones.....................

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Note: tired people make bad decisions. I've averaged under six hours of sleep a night for the past week, and have been going flat out on projects for two.

I was out finishing up chores and had just put the sheep's oatmeal and apple in his feed pen and then put the eggs (nine, out of eight chickens. Malvina laid two eggs between 7pm last night and 5pm today, and one a day yesterday, Friday, and Thursday) into the oatmeal scoop to take them in the house. The sheep walked calmly up to me so I just let him loose, with a plastic scoop full of eggs in one hand and no crook to enforce my authority in the other.

I'm sure the crescent shapped horn bruises on my right shin will heal by the wedding, right? And I'm sure my right arm will be fine by Thursday, after using it to power him away from me and stay upright while I did so. I outweigh him by a LOT (Jacobs are not big sheep!) but he's got the four wheel drive thing going for him.

I wasn't thinking. He was pissy when I pegged him out, and more pissy when I moved him with his chain exactly long enough not to be able to reach any of the roses, and I had no business letting him loose when I had my left hand full of eggs and my right hand empty of the crook. STUPID. If he had wanted to break my leg instead of just express his displeasure, he could have done so.